Getting fit through indoor cycling
Sad times. The end of the Zwift Spring Training workout series is finally here. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my weekly workouts with a good few regular faces. But all good things must come to an end. In the perfectly named “Final Send” workout, today we would be doing 30 second anaerobic intervals at 163% FTP. Even … Read more
Another day, another VO2 max session. Workout #5 of 6 in the Zwift Spring Training series saw us taking on the VO2 Blast workout, best described (as ever) by WhatsOnZwift: This was a tough session, perhaps only made easier by it being (relatively) short. At just 45 minutes, including a 10 minute progressive warm up, … Read more
Workout #4 in the Zwift Spring Training series for today. Has it been four weeks already? Madness. I feel like this was the most intensive session so far, but maybe my mind is playing tricks. Going into this one, the Zwift Companion App didn’t do a particularly good job of describing the intervals. Here’s what … Read more
Unsurprisingly I was a little too tired today to do the typical Tuesday race. Instead I opted for Workout #3 in the Zwift Spring Training series. This was the Hairpin Wizard workout: This workout consisted of two blocks. Both were identical, featuring a 30 second ramp – more on that in a second, followed by … Read more
At 38 minutes, this one was short enough to feel a little on the “light” side before setting off, whilst hard enough to come off the bike feeling like I’d done a decent effort. The work today came in two ten minute blocks. The second slightly easier than the first, but not by much. What’s … Read more